Upgathering

Part of speech: noun, verb

Definitions

1. To collect or assemble items or people together in a specific location
2. to aggregate or accumulate various elements into a cohesive whole
3. to gather or rally a group for a particular purpose or event

Etymology: "Upgather" is built plainly from the prefix "up-" and the verb "gather," which in English has long meant to bring things together into one place. Adding "up-" gives the sense of drawing things together upward or together into a whole, and "upgathering" is the act or process of doing that. The "gather" half is the more ancient part. It descends from Old English "gaderian," a word closely related to "together," and it has been used for collecting things, people, or harvests for centuries. "Up-" is an old English prefix that has been productive for centuries in forming compounds, and "upgather" follows that same pattern, so the word is a transparent combination rather than a term with a dramatic history.

Synonyms: collecting, gathering, assembling, accumulating, harvesting

Antonyms: dispersing, scattering, spreading, distributing